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♪The white sail came too late♪

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♪Where did he go?♪

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♪Snow veils the mountains♪

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♪Love endures beyond life and death♪

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♪A black chess piece♪

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♪Whose game did he stumble into?♪

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♪All his life, there's no escape♪

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♪In ten thousand years, what will still remain?♪

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♪Will anyone still love with an unchanging heart?♪

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♪I will remember♪

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♪Those days long past♪

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♪As the wind drifts with the white sail♪

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♪Ten thousand years ago♪

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♪Did you once walk this shore?♪

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♪Why can't our bond be severed in this life?♪

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♪I am lost yet willing♪

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♪Still I love you with a steadfast heart♪

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♪Until all things fade away♪

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♪The stars will remember us♪

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[Love & Crown]

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[Adapted from the novel "My Queen" by Xie Lounan]

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[Episode 29]

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Do you think

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I won't kill you?

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That's for Your Highness

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to decide.

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I only remember

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that Her Highness loved the world beyond the palace.

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She wanted to leave and see the flower fields.

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I didn't want her to have any regrets.

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Bring her back

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in two hours.

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♪The cold breeze dissipates♪

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♪The flying snow♪

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♪Leaving no traces of it♪

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♪On the desolate ridgeline♪

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♪Lies buried♪

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♪The legend of the setting sun♪

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♪Gently, you came♪

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♪Gently♪

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♪We loved with all our hearts♪

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♪And gently, we fell into the flames♪

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♪When our story♪

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♪Is sung again in spring...♪

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I've returned.

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I've brought you to see the flower fields.

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[Qing]

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[Ying]

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Li Hongqing,

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I'm glad

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I found you.

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♪The cold breeze dissipates♪

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♪The flying snow...♪

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Do you feel the same?

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Can you really take me out of the palace?

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Can we travel the rivers and mountains,

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see the fields of flowers?

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♪When our story♪

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♪Is sung again in spring♪

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♪May tomorrow's homeland♪

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♪Be awash in morning light♪

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♪Sleepless wind and frost♪

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♪Stir awake♪

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♪The last faint glow♪

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♪You ask me♪

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♪If I've lived out♪

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♪The dreams of childhood♪

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♪Who has passed this way♪

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♪Burned bright in youth♪

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♪And dared without fear♪

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♪Across the fairest starry sky?♪

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♪When our story...♪

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Look, Your Highness.

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♪May tomorrow's homeland♪

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♪Be awash in morning light...♪

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Why didn't you wait for me?

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Why couldn't you have waited just a bit longer...

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♪When our story♪

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♪Is sung again in spring♪

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♪May tomorrow's homeland♪

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♪Be awash in morning light♪

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[Blessings and Fortune]

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Ying,

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when you were little,

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you were born round and chubby.

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I loved holding you close to me

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in my arms.

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Your big eyes

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would sparkle at me,

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smiling.

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Your Majesty,

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Preceptor Du requests an audience.

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I've heard about Princess Ying.

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Please accept my condolences.

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I've copied scriptures for Princess Ying.

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I pray she ascends to bliss swiftly.

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I didn't expect you

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to come to my Xuanguang Hall of your own accord.

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I'm merely grieving

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for Her Highness.

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I heard

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Her Highness was regaining her senses.

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But after Your Majesty's visit,

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she passed away.

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My Ying

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was always improving and relapsing.

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I never thought

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His Majesty would cause her death.

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I understand.

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Your Majesty had no choice.

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You didn't want Ying to suffer longer in this world.

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I don't understand

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what

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you mean.

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The late Emperor died suddenly,

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followed by the fire at Luling Palace,

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leaving Princess Ying deranged.

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Her life

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has been full of hardship.

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What exactly brings you

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here today?

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Since my youth,

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I've served at His Majesty's side.

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I wanted to serve

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a wise ruler who could bring hope

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to Great Qi.

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Indeed.

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You've always been loyal to him.

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But now I no longer wish to be.

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I want to help you

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eliminate your real threat.

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I intend to aid the Prince of Yuzhang

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in seizing the throne.

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Why?

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Why?

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Perhaps it's because

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I've been betrayed.

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You give everything to someone,

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yet he drifts further away

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for an unworthy cause.

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Disappointment turns

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to hatred over time.

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Then, hatred festers

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until you want him gone.

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Surely, you must know

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that feeling.

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I don't understand

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your intentions.

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Do you know what you're saying?

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Unless you do this,

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the Prince of Yuzhang's heart

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will always be with his brother.

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You'll never win it back.

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You must fan the flames of his resentment toward His Majesty.

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Turn the brothers against each other

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unto death.

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Only then will he fight for the throne.

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Princess Ying's death

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has lit the first fire.

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But it's not enough.

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What do you mean?

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Does Your Majesty dare to stake your life?

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I have a poison here.

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Upon taking it,

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one's breath

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and pulse quickly cease,

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plunging you into a deathlike trance

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while you remain fully conscious.

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The antidote

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will revive you in moments from that sham death.

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This slice of ginseng

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has been pre-soaked in the antidote.

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You can have a trusted aide

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brew it into tea

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afterward,

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or hold it under your tongue

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before you take the poison.

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The toxin

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will clear

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after 48 hours.

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Do you think me

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so easily deceived?

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Please choose one, Your Majesty.

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Fortune favors the bold.

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No victory comes

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without risk.

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Coming here to pledge allegiance

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means

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I've burned my bridges.

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The antidote

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is right here.

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Only you and I

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are present.

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If you doubt me,

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don't save me.

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Fortune favors the bold.

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No victory comes

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without risk.

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It's time to take the gamble.

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Father!

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Your Majesty, what brings you here?

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Physician Li,

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didn't you send word to the palace

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that my father showed signs of waking?

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Me?

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I...

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I don't recall...

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Oh, no.

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It's Xiao Huan.

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Something has happened in the palace.

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The Imperial Father-in-law has awakened!

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Father.

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Father.

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You're awake.

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Father!

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Cangcang...

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Yes?

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What is it?

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Preceptor Du...

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Preceptor Du?

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He knew Preceptor Du was the mastermind,

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so he arranged to draw me away from the palace.

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Cangcang...

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Entrusting the jade seal to you

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was his way

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of ensuring your survival

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and leaving

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his last spark of hope.

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He won't succeed.

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I vowed

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I'd stand or fall with him.

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I can make it.

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Xiao Huan,

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wait for me.

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I'm sorry.

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For some reason,

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I felt I had to say that to you.

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Qianqing.

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Why are you here?

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Ying's cause of death is unclear.

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Regardless of what happened,

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I can't let her die without answers.

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I must investigate.

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Her cause of death is unclear?

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Weren't you the one who killed her?

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If she truly died because of me,

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I won't

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deny it.

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Don't bother.

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I hate myself

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for ever agreeing to let you

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remove the poison from Ying.

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I should have taken her from this palace,

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from this wretched place.

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Ying's death is on our hands,

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you and I.

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Xiao Qianqing,

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calm yourself and think this through.

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Doesn't Ying's death seem suspicious?

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Do you want even her death

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exploited?

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Suspicious?

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Elaborate.

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She was nearly cured,

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then this happened out of the blue.

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Think harder.

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Maybe someone

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didn't want her to regain her wits.

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Lies!

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My Ying passed without finding peace.

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Qianqing,

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look at your sister.

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How can you be shaken by a few words

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from him?

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Mother,

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he has no reason to kill Ying at all.

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You forgot.

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Ying caused him to lose his child.

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The Empress's first child.

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Do you really believe

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he had no reason to harm Ying?

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I've said

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I won't pursue it.

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One can bide one's time for the right opportunity to seek vengeance.

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Your schemes run deeper than the sea.

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Qianqing,

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will you never understand?

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No.

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We grew up together.

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Though he's cunning,

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he is not that sort of man.

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My foolish son.

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How can you be so innocent as to believe

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in brotherhood and sincerity

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within these palace walls?

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There's nothing to gain

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from him killing Ying.

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Gain?

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Ling Xuefeng already made him wary.

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He fears more palace unrest,

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another upheaval.

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He only wants to eliminate opponents.

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He claims Ying's death

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was meant to incriminate someone.

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Surely it's aimed at implicating me.

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He already took out Ling Xuefeng.

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Now, it's my turn.

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You'll be next.

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We will all become sacrifices

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to his consolidation of power.

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Empress Dowager Liu,

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stop weaving tales.

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Trust me.

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He only wants to find the mastermind.

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The mastermind?

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Who?

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He is the mastermind!

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He killed Ying!

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Qianqing...

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Qianqing,

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would you rather trust him

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than me?

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Ying.

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Your brother

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distrusts and defies me

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utterly.

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I might as well

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join you among the departed.

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Mother!

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Mother, what did you take?

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Mother!

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Qianqing,

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you've grown distant

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as you matured.

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But everything I do

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is for you.

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You may not believe me,

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but remember,

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here in this palace,

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all seek power and gain.

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Even if you refuse to contend,

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your foes will never spare you.

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Do not...

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Do not

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be deceived

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by him again...

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Mother...

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Mother...

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Mother!

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Mother...

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Are you satisfied now?

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Is this what you wanted?

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From now on,

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my mother will no longer vex your eyes.

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My sister will no longer

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scheme to assassinate you.

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Are you happy now?

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Qianqing.

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So all this,

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including the mastermind,

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was you all along!

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It was all you!

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Xiao Qianqing,

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have you lost your mind?

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[Yaoqing Hall]

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[Heaven and Earth]

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Madam,

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the Prince of Yuzhang has made a move against His Majesty.

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This day has finally come.

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Ms. Yan.

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Yes, Madam.

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You've always called my mother's life fragile as paper.

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You're afraid love will destroy me

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as it did her.

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See here.

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My lifespan is long enough now, isn't it?

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Madam...

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Rest assured.

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I will no longer let affections dictate my life.

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I will sever

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all these ties.

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My destiny rests with me, not the heavens.

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My only love

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is for myself.

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If heaven refuses me,

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I will defy it!

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[Nanrong Palace]

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Is this a rebellion?

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Your Majesty is correct.

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Today,

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we rebel.

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Du Tingxin.

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It's you indeed.

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You betray me?

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I once served Your Majesty

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with loyalty.

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Yet,

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you have deeply disappointed me.

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You're the one

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behind Ling Xuefeng.

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What are you saying?

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I fail

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to understand.

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Report!

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Preceptor Du,

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we've searched the entire palace.

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The Empress is not here.

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You let Ling Cangcang escape!

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Relay my orders.

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Should the Empress return,

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kill her on sight.

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Understood.

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Du Tingxin,

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you dare!

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I have already rebelled.

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Why should I balk at one more death?

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Kill him!

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Stop!

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He is the Emperor of Great Qi.

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You cannot kill him on a whim.

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Prince of Yuzhang,

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he has betrayed you so.

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Don't you want his life?

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My sister died.

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My mother died to prove her cause.

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Killing him outright

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would be too easy on him.

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Take His Majesty away to rest.

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Prince of Yuzhang,

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I'm helping you.

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Helping me?

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All these years, your fealty was to Xiao Huan.

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Yet now you turn to aid me instead?

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I am the Imperial Preceptor.

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I serve Great Qi.

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My loyalty is not to one man,

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nor just to Xiao Huan.

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But to the world,

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to Great Qi.

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I choose

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to support Your Highness's ascension.

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Do you think

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I would trust a madwoman?

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I have never

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sought the throne.

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You will want it.

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Your brother,

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the current Emperor,

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slaughtered Princess Ying

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and drove the Empress Dowager to despair,

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all to secure his throne.

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If he desires the throne so,

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why not take it from him?

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When you become Emperor,

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watch how remorseful

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your brother will be.

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That will be justice served.

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Why?

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Why do you revolt then?

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If you wish to ally with me,

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I must know why.

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Or how can I trust you?

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Why do I rebel?

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He gave Ling Cangcang

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the remedy meant to save himself.

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His very life I wrested from death's grasp,

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tending cauldrons through endless nights,

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testing remedies,

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needling meridians without respite!

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If he won't cherish his life,

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then I must be the one to destroy it.

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You truly are a pitiful lunatic.

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Indeed.

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Thus, I can no longer indulge in such affections.

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Either way,

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I no longer deserve to.

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On the day my mother and Ying are laid to rest,

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I want Xiao Huan to die as penance.

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But until then,

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I want him alive.

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Very well.

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It shall be as you wish.

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[Lingquan Palace]

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Leave us.

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Your Majesty.

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I know you can hear me.

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That's why I'm here

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to speak with you.

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You've always known who I truly am.

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You've never received the late Emperor's love,

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so you refuse

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to let any woman he favored live.

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My mother had to be sacrificed.

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Isn't that right?

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The truth is, the poison I gave you

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won't truly take effect

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for three days.

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By then,

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you'll already be sealed in your lavish coffin.

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Mother,

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rest easy.

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I'll reclaim everything this world owes me,

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piece by piece.

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If heaven and earth reject me,

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so be it.

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[Xuanguang Hall]

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[Spirit tablet of Empress Dowager Liu of Great Qi]

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Kneel.

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[Spirit tablet of Empress Dowager Liu of Great Qi]

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Prince of Yuzhang,

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pardon my impertinence.

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But

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where lies Princess Ying's remains?

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Why is Her Highness not given a funeral and interment in the Imperial Mausoleum?

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This defies all custom.

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I despise your prattle of rites and tradition

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while meddling where you don't belong,

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cloaked in false virtue.

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Ying spent her life

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confined in the cold palace.

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When did you ever treat her

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as a princess?

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Now that she's freed at last,

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you all suddenly remember her title.

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When she was alive, she languished in the cold palace.

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In death,

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must she be trapped in the Imperial Mausoleum too?

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His Majesty has been

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in indisposition.

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As Your Highness

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handles state affairs in his stead,

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you should tread carefully and uphold rites above all.

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Rites?

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What rites

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do you speak of?

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Please grant Her Highness the proper rites befitting her title,

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and bury her swiftly.

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To heck with them!

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Your Highness...

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Minister Ding, how fortunate you must be that your family boasts

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four generations under one roof.

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If you've never known the grief of losing kin,

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I can arrange for you to experience it now,

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so you shall never spout

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such utter nonsense again!

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I...

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You all enjoy fatherly piety,

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filial children,

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and family bliss.

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So why can't you allow one departed princess

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her ascent to heaven?

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Must you deny her peace in life

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and death alike?

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I know you're grieving too deeply

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to hear anything now.

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So I'll say just this.

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I'll always be by your side.

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♪Who walks lone through storm and snow♪

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♪Reading every warmth and chill♪

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♪Of the heart?♪

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♪Who stands proud against a thousand weights♪

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♪Grace only a mask he wears?♪

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♪My blade sweeps the heavens♪

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♪Blood once drenched♪

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♪My armor and charging steed♪

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♪I know what it means to let go♪

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♪When to step in, when to hold back♪

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♪A broken blade cuts through♪

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♪Years of winter and summer♪

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♪Enemy flags burn to ash like gauze♪

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♪Yet my heart still bears the scars of rise and fall♪

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♪I'm willing to wield my sword with you and burn the waning moon♪

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♪I'm willing to brave all storms with you, boiling with passion♪

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♪I'm willing to break my wings and become the blade in your hand♪

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♪I'm willing to write with you this torn, enduring page of history♪

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♪I'm willing to travel thousands of miles, seeking your ambition♪

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♪I'm willing to give my life to keep you safe for a lifetime♪

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♪I'm willing to sing through every farewell and wait for you another thousand years♪